Das geheime Band zwischen Mensch und Natur

erstaunliche Erkenntnisse über die 7 Sinne des Menschen, den Herzschlag der Bäume und die Frage, ob Pflanzen ein Bewusstsein haben

Hardcover, 240 pages

de language

Published Jan. 1, 2019 by Ludwig Verlag.

ISBN:
978-3-453-28095-3
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2 stars (2 reviews)

Haben Menschen, ähnlich wie manche Tiere, eine Art siebten Sinn für Gefahr? Ist es möglich, dass unser Geruchssinn der Spürnase eines Hundes überlegen ist? Warum spricht unser Immunsystem auf die Farben und den Duft des Waldes an? Und umgekehrt: Kann es sein, dass Bäume atmen? Dass sogar eine Art Herzschlag messbar ist? Und müssen wir Pflanzen womöglich als intelligente Wesen betrachten?

Erneut öffnet uns Peter Wohlleben anhand neuester wissen­schaftlicher Erkenntnisse und vor dem Hintergrund seiner eigenen Erfahrungen die Augen für die erstaunlichen Phäno­mene der Natur — und zeigt, wie nah und auf vielerlei Art eng verwoben wir Menschen mit der Natur sind.

Als Förster und Naturschützer entdeckt Peter Wohlleben verblüffende Gemeinsamkeiten zwischen Mensch und Natur — ein uraltes Band, das bis heute intakt ist.

So profitiert unser Immunsystem bei einem Waldspaziergang nachweislich von pflanzlichen Antibiotika, die Bäume zu ihrem eigenen Schutz vor Angreifern ausdünsten. Und unsere Sinne stehen denen anderer …

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reviewed Heartbeat of Trees by Peter Wohlleben

Unnecessarily sentimental?

2 stars

I did not enjoy this anywhere near as much as I did The Hidden Life of Trees. In fact, I failed to realise the two were by the same author until just before I started writing this. Now I'm wondering whether I misremembered enjoying The Hidden Life of Trees, or even reading The Hidden Life of Trees in the first place.

I empathise with the author's environmental/ecological position, but I think he asks us to anthropomorphise trees and forests to a degree that I find unreasonable and unnecessary. I don't need to believe that trees have a consciousness to understand their importance, to love them, to cherish our relationship with them. I don't need to believe that trees experience pain to understand and agree that they need to be cared for. If anything, I think it does a disservice to the environmental/ecological cause to insist that things be "like us" …

Review of 'Hearbeat of Trees' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

I did not enjoy this anywhere near as much as I did The Hidden Life of Trees. In fact, I failed to realise the two were by the same author until just before I started writing this. Now I'm wondering whether I misremembered enjoying The Hidden Life of Trees, or even reading The Hidden Life of Trees in the first place.

I empathise with the author's environmental/ecological position, but I think he asks us to anthropomorphise trees and forests to a degree that I find unreasonable and unnecessary. I don't need to believe that trees have a consciousness to understand their importance, to love them, to cherish our relationship with them. I don't need to believe that trees experience pain to understand and agree that they need to be cared for. If anything, I think it does a disservice to the environmental/ecological cause to insist that things be "like us" …